Reykdal: Board of Health ‘landed in right place’ by not mandating COVID vaccine for students

In early January, Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal expressed his belief that it was likely the state Board of Health would eventually require the COVID-19 vaccine for students. Four months later, though, the board unanimously voted not to add the vaccine to the list of what’s required for K-12 children in schools. So, what happened between then and now?

Mercer Island MD: ‘People are going to get tired of getting vaccines’

Speaking to KIRO Newsradio’s Gee & Ursula Show, Reykdal pointed to an evolving landscape for both students and parents.

“I thought back in the summer when delta was really spiking and then omicron, (requiring the vaccine)

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